Final
Gaborik, Wild look for fifth straight win
Mar 15, 2007 - 4:24 PM Minnesota (40-24-7) at Edmonton (30-34-6) 9:00 pm EDTEDMONTON, Alberta (Ticker) -- Marian Gaborik should be happy to see the Edmonton Oilers, who would be thrilled to avoid another loss.
Gaborik and the Minnesota Wild shoot for their fifth consecutive win Thursday when they visit the slumping Oilers in a Northwest Division battle.
Minnesota trails first-place Vancouver (41-23-6) by only one point in the tight division standings and owns an 11-point cushion over Colorado (35-29-6) for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Gaborik has scored five goals in five games this season against Edmonton, which is on a season-high eight game skid and likely will miss the postseason after reaching the Stanley Cup Finals last year.
The Oilers have not lost nine in a row since March 23-April 9, 1995. Edmonton has lost three of its five meetings with the Wild this season, including a 5-0 loss here on March 1.
Edmonton has managed a total of just six goals during its losing streak, which continued Monday with a 5-1 loss at Los Angeles.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 1 0 1 2
EDMONTON 0 0 1 1 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: MIN - MARK PARRISH 17 (MIKKO KOIVU, ADAM HALL) 11:26
2ND PRD: NONE
3RD PRD: MIN - MARIAN GABORIK 24 (PAVOL DEMITRA, PETTERI NUMMELIN)
7:22
EDM - ROBERT NILSSON 1 (PATRICK THORESEN, MARC-ANTOINE
POULIOT) 16:03
POWER-
Mar 15 11:28 PM - NHL
MINNESOTA 2
EDMONTON 1
3RD PRD: EDM - ROBERT NILSSON 1 (PATRICK THORESEN, MARC-ANTOINE
POULIOT) 16:03
Wild vs. OilersMar 15 11:19 PM - NHL
MINNESOTA 2
EDMONTON 0
3RD PRD: MIN - MARIAN GABORIK 24 (PAVOL DEMITRA, PETTERI NUMMELIN)
7:22
Wild vs. OilersMar 15 11:02 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 1 0 1
EDMONTON 0 0 0 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: MIN - MARK PARRISH 17 (MIKKO KOIVU, ADAM HALL) 11:26
2ND PRD: NONE
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MIN 13 3 16
EDM 10 6 16
GOALIES: MIN - NIKLAS
Mar 15 10:31 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 1 1
EDMONTON 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: MIN - MARK PARRISH 17 (MIKKO KOIVU, ADAM HALL) 11:26
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
MIN 13 13
EDM 10 10
GOALIES: MIN - NIKLAS BACKSTROM
EDM
Mar 15 9:41 PM - NHL
MINNESOTA 1
EDMONTON 0
1ST PRD: MIN - MARK PARRISH 17 (MIKKO KOIVU, ADAM HALL) 11:26
Wild vs. OilersMar 15 9:26 PM
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